Coming back from Surgery

Take it slow and follow doctor's instructions. That's key with any orthopedic surgery. A key thing is maintaining reasonable exercise and watching your weight.

If you have been assigned a physical therapy routine focus heavily on that. It helps with your recovery (obviously) and keeps you fit.

Best of luck on your recovery. If you stick with it and follow your doctor and therapist's instructions you'll bounce back no sweat.

Thanks All! I have been doing PT three times a week and it has been doing wonders. I actually have a larger rotator cuff tear in my right shoulder that I am addressing at PT along with my left (which was repaired) in the hope that I won't need surgery on that shoulder next fall. I told the doctor if i can swim and throw a softball across the baseball diamond without pain i will be a happy man. I haven't swam nor thrown a softball in over three months so the PT and down time i am sure will help out.

As for taking it slow. We are all triathletes here which means we are in most part type A people. Taking it slow is not in our nature. But I must agree taking it slow is the way to go. It is easy to take it slow in the beginning but once you start feeling better and doinging things without pain you want to do more.

As for the workouts do you think keeping things mostly cardio right now is the way to go? Should i throw in some weights for the legs?

First off good luck with your surgery. Don't stress too much. As for the pain I had the doctor use a novacane type drip that stayed on me for about 4 days after surgery. It fed the area and my entire arm felt like i just left the dentist office after a novacane shot. Ask for it. That way your arm is numb for the first few days when most of the pain would be at its worse.

Now even with saying that once the drip wore off i was not in any pain. Sleeping and moving around was a but no pain. I highly recommend that you get a reclining chair. I rented one from the medical supply store and it was worth every penny. I slept in it for two straight weeks. I wish you well and don't worry about rehab right now. I was in a sling for 4 weeks and did zip. Only then was i given the ok to start PT. If you have any questions just ask I would be more than happy to help.

Thanks for the advice!  I'm trying to find out as much as I can beforehand.  This is not how I envisioned my winter but I'm trying to tell myself at least it isn't in the middle of the race season.  I don't know what it is except for fear of my mortality, but I really am having a problem with handling this surgery and going under.  I've been trying to keep busy, getting everything I want done so my wife isn't saddled with everything to do.  If all goes well, I may do some videos to help others understand the process a little better.  The few I found helped me understand a lot.  Wish me luck!  

The meniscus recovery varies widely depending on each individual.  But if you're biking with good range of motion already, then that's a good thing to focus on.

You might try a recumbent stationary cycle at your gym to stay off your shoulder until it heals up more.